Senior HR Generalist Job at City of Lone Tree in Lone Tree

Salary: $67,098 - $83,873

Position Title: Senior HR Generalist

Department: Finance

Reports to: Senior HR Manager

Employment status/ FLSA status

Temporary Full-time Part-time

Nonexempt Exempt

Grade 4 Salary

($67,098 - $83,873)

Position Summary

The Senior Human Resource Generalist plays a major role in creating and maintaining a positive employee experience within the HR Department. This role will provide senior level expertise in the following areas: compensation, benefits administration, employment law, health and safety, employee engagement, performance management, employee development, training and talent acquisition. This role serves as a key resource to employees and managers on various HR related topics and may, at times, facilitate effective communication and problem-solving discussions with staff. The Senior HR Generalist will be instrumental in partnering with the Senior HR Manager to develop HR policies and programs that align with the Citys Six Big Ideas, streamline processes and enhance workforce performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides senior level support in functional areas of Human Resources including but not limited to recruitment, benefit administration, performance management, job evaluation, compensation, compliance requirements, workers compensation, training and special projects as assigned
• Provides full cycle recruiting support to hiring managers. Develops and provides detailed quarterly metrics on key employment trends (hiring, attrition, etc.), aligning external market trends with current processes and goals. Support Onboarding and New Employee Orientation of new employees as needed.
• Responsible for attending and representing the City at recruitment events and job fairs. Seeks and develops relationships with potential pipeline generators.

• Assist the Senior HR Manager identifying and developing employee training to support City needs.

• Provides support on a wide range of human resource services to teams and departments within the City in support of their objectives, strategic goals, and human resource initiatives.
• Lead the coordination of the annual open enrollment process and the Citys Annual Benefits Fair. Develop and conducts benefit orientations for new hires. Act as a liaison between employees and the Citys benefits providers, if necessary, to provide consultation and resolve challenges.

• Acquire and maintain a thorough knowledge of all City offered benefits and eligibility requirements. Oversee billing reconciliation of all benefits. Initiate research and closely works with payroll to resolve billing discrepancies. Partner with payroll to ensure complete resolve of billing and/or employee deduction errors.

• Works with the Senior HR Manager as needed on strategic HR initiatives that may include Performance Management, Work Force Planning, Employee Learning and Development, Diversity, Compliance, Recruitment, Exit and/or Compensation-related action items.
• Meet with employees to initiate and process all leave of absences paperwork when needed.
  
• Identifies retention issues during and after the employment process and assists with employee retention planning. Conducts exit interviews and provides recommendation on retention strategies.
  
• Assist Senior HR Manager with the coordination and implementation of culture and engagement initiatives. Reviews survey data to understand trends.
  
• Recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to continually improve efficiencies of employment practices.
  
• Work across teams to gather feedback on needed improvements through formal and informal processes to create a strong inclusive culture. Building trusted relationships with staff.
  
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• A Bachelor's Degree in Personnel Management, Business, Human Resources, Public Relations, or closely related field.
• Five to seven years progressively responsible experience in Human Resources Administration. Experience with FPPA and/or PERA is a plus.
• A PHR or SHRM-CP Certification is strongly preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels of personnel within the City in a positive and cooperative manner.
• Knowledge of state and federal employment laws.
• Knowledge of personnel policies, practices, and procedures; and management and organizational theory.
• Knowledge of computers and software applications including spreadsheets, word processing, email, and internet.
• Ability to gather and analyze data and prepare reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain confidential and effective working relationships with co-workers.
• Sensitivity to employee relations issues and ability to retain a neutral position.
• Ability to effectively present information to department directors and employee groups as assigned.
• Ability to effectively implement philosophies, methods, policies, and procedures that will assist in the achievement of organizational goals.
• Ability to successfully relate to employees in efforts to encourage communication and expedite problem solving.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple deadlines and prioritize work.
• Ability to exercise initiative, and judgment as well as make decisions within the scope of assigned authority.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• N/A

Education

• Requires a bachelors degree in Personnel Management, Business, Human Resources, or Public Administration, or closely related field.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.